Beef Newsletter - August 2024

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In this month's edition:

• Suckler Beef Welfare Scheme
  The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, has announced that a new beef scheme with a budget of €20m will open for applications in early August. The 2024 Beef Welfare Scheme (BWS) will support farmers in meal feeding suckler calves before and after weaning, and in vaccinating against clostridial diseases and calf pneumonia.
• August management tips
  As we move towards autumn, there are a number of tasks that need to be completed before the winter housing period.
  
  1. Scanning of suckler cows
  2. Lime applications
  3. Build grass covers
  4. Weighing actions
  5. Dosing and faecal egg testing
• Dates for the diary
  • Join us on Tuesday, August 27, at 6.30pm for a Grassland Farmer of the Year farm walk on the farm of the Drystock Category winner, Billy Gilmore, at Cortoon, Tuam, Co. Galway, H54 AP28. Find out more here
  • DairyBeef 500 participant Aidan Maguire, of Navan, Co. Meath, C15W4C2, will host a farm walk on Thursday, September 5, at 6.00pm. Find out more here
• Research Update: Anaerobic digestion
  Dr Ciara Beausang of Teagasc Grange has an update on the Teagasc anaerobic digestion research programme. Teagasc Grange is the site of a pilot anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, which will use agricultural feedstocks, including grass silage and cattle slurry, to produce renewable energy. AD is a process that results in the production of biogas, which consists of approximately 60% methane and 40% carbon dioxide.
• Health & Safety - Take care with machinery
  August is harvest month, which brings an increase in machinery movement on farms and public roads. Moving machines are dangerous, particularly to bystanders.